Hazardous substances Law - Workplace Law Network

First aid at work
Legislation * The Health and Safety (First Aid) Regulations 1981 Requirement Under the Health and Safety (First Aid) Regulations 1981, you are required to provide adequate and appropriat... | briefing | 18 Dec 2001 12:00AM

Hazardous Waste: Guidance for Employers
New rules on dealing with hazardous waste will significantly impact on all businesses, but Government has been accused of failing to inform employers on how the changes will affect them. Regula... | briefing | 28 Jul 2004 2:08PM

New Landfill Regulations for Scotland - Details
The Landfill (Scotland) Regulations 2003 (SSI 2003 No. 208) came into force on 21 March 2003. This sets out a pollution control regime for landfills for the purpose of implementing the Landfill Dir... | briefing | 8 Apr 2003 12:16PM

Liquid Wastes and Pollution
Most premises generate some form of liquid waste such as sewage, waste chemicals, cleaning effluents and contaminated surface run-off. As it is an offence to pollute accidentally or deliberately, f... | briefing | 30 Jul 2001 5:12PM

Waste Management Contracts
Key Points   * Reporting requirements to deliver clear, meaningful data on waste management operations are becoming tougher - partly through ‘best practice’ procedures being adopted ... | briefing | 1 Jan 2001 3:55PM

Fireworks firm fined for failing to supply documents
A fireworks company has been fined £10,500 for failing to supply documents related to the movement of dangerous goods, which were requested by the HSE. Echo 2 Limited imports and trade f... | case | 9 May 2008 2:03PM

College fined after tutor receives chemical burns
A college has been prosecuted for failing to ensure the safety of its employees, after a tutor received serious chemical burns and cuts. The court heard how welding tutor, Gary Baird, had mixed con... | case | 4 Apr 2008 1:24PM

Pipe fitter and plumber exposed to asbestos
An employee who was exposed to asbestos while working at a Tyneside shipyard has been awarded more than £150,000 in compensation.Charles Cochran, 67, was exposed to asbestos while w... | case | 7 Dec 2007 8:04AM

Quarrying company fined for not reporting occupational illness
A quarrying company has been fined after an employee contracted the potentially fatal disease silicosis. Robert Thomas Charlton, trading as Border Stone Quarries, of Kirkholmdale, Haltwhistle, was ... | case | 12 Oct 2007 4:18PM

Asbestos-cancer roofer awarded
A former roofer has been awarded over £160,000 in compensation after contracting an asbestos-related cancer. Jim Kingshott, 57, contracted mesothelioma – an asbestos-related cancer ... | case | 24 Jul 2007 12:00AM

COMAH: dangerous substances
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COSHH/hazardous substances
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Hazardous waste
| Factsheet | 17 Sep 2007 9:35AM

Health hazards: keeping a lid on panic
For workplace managers, the importance of communication is stressed all the time - especially in tricky HR situations such as redundancy or disciplinary proceedings. In health and safety it is equa... | Magazine issue | 1 Feb 2008 1:45PM

Workplace Law FM Conference - Buncefield
The Buncefield oil storage depot explosion in December 2005 resulted in 40 casualties, damage to residential and commercial premises nearby, and significant environmental pollution. Today (31 J... | network news | 31 Jan 2007 12:00AM

Are Training Courses Costing You Too Much Money?
Workplace Law Training can work with you to cut the cost of training and save the time your people spend away from the workplace. How? Simply by putting courses together specifically tailored to... | network news | 2 Apr 2004 10:11AM

Workplacelaw Network Launches National NEBOSH and IOSH Training Programme
The Workplacelaw Network has expanded its range of training events, including new health and safety courses accredited by NEBOSH and IOSH. The NEBOSH National General Certificate course will st... | network news | 6 May 2003 1:36PM

Your Invitation to the Cambridge Legal Update Conference
Get to grips with ALL your legal responsibilities in two days in Cambridge: - tackle important health and safety issues such as asbestos and legionella - find out which policies and contracts w... | network news | 27 Feb 2003 6:19PM

New Guidance on Environmental Management Law for Property Managers
A new guide to all aspects of UK environmental management law has been published by the Workplacelaw Network, making important reading for anyone involved in property of facilities management. The ... | network news | 3 Apr 2002 5:02PM

Businesses told to learn from Buncefield
The HSE has brought together over 200 industry leaders experienced in major hazards to share their knowledge of safety, and to discuss the future of managing potential hazards.  At the co... | news | 30 Apr 2008 4:04PM

REACH: guidance on pre-registration published
The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has published its guidance on the pre-registration process for the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH).  REAC... | news | 29 Apr 2008 11:17AM

REACH: new duties for all businesses
Almost every business in the UK will have new responsibilities under REACH, the HSE is warning, with just six weeks to go until the 1 June deadline for registration of new chemicals under the regul... | news | 15 Apr 2008 10:34AM

Classification of chemicals to be harmonised across EU
The European Commission is seeking to enact a Regulation to implement the UN Globally Harmonised System for Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS).  Once adopted (anticipated June 201... | news | 11 Mar 2008 4:23PM

Hazard industries should be more responsible, says HSE
HSE Chief Executive, Geoffrey Podger, has challenged the major hazard industries to take more responsibility for tackling the safety issues it faces.Speaking at the American Society of Safety Engin... | news | 20 Feb 2008 11:08AM

Radioactive Substances Act 1993
An Act to consolidate certain enactments relating to radioactive substances with corrections and minor improvements made under the Consolidation of Enactments (Procedure) Act 1949. [27th May 1993] | Regulation | 27 May 1993 10:44AM

Facilities Management Legal Update 2008: special report
Essential new guidance specifically for facilities managers In-depth guidance on the key issues facing facilities managers in the next 12 monthsExclusive research and opinion from industry expertsP... | Special report | 31 Jan 2008 2:32PM

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Workplace Law Handbook 2008
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Facilities Management Legal Update 2007: Special Report
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NEBOSH General Study Guide: Health and safety at work
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Over 700 pages of updated practical information for workplace managers in an easy to read A-Z format A-Z guidance on everything you need to know about HR and employment law, health and safet... | product

Fire Safety Documentation Pack 2007
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Health and Safety Training Policy and Management Guide, version 3.0
PLEASE NOTE: The Health and Safety Training Policy and Management Guide v3.0 is available only as a downloadable zip file. Health and safety training is widely recognised as an essential co... | product

IOSH Directing Safely Certificate
Directing Safely is intended for people with strategic responsibility for determining and implementing effective health and safety management within an organisation. With health and safety the most... | product

8th Annual Facilities Management Legal Update Conference and Dinner
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Asbestos: Duty to Manage Special Report
About the Asbestos: Duty to Manage Special Report. This 100-page Special Report gives you the opportunity to get to grips with new asbestos regulations. The Asbestos: Duty to manage Special R... | product

NEBOSH Fire Safety and Risk Management Certificate, Module 2 - London 1206
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IOSH Managing Safely Certificate 1106 CAR
Workplace Law Training is running the IOSH Managing Safely Certificate course – the UK’s most popular and accessible course for anyone who needs Health and Safety training. The cours... | product

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Workplace Law Training is running the IOSH Managing Safely Certificate course – the UK’s most popular and accessible course for anyone who needs Health and Safety training. The cours... | product

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Workplace Law Training is running the IOSH Managing Safely Certificate course – the UK’s most popular and accessible course for anyone who needs Health and Safety training. The cours... | product

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Workplacelaw Network Handbook 2004
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